| From: | Loki <daddyjim@**********.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | [FASA] More Torgo info and some Underworld pics |
| Date: | Wed, 11 Feb 1998 19:09:13 -0800 |
the Skuzz-man himself.
Also, four of the five card scans he mentioned sending me made it
through. I wrote back and asked him to resend the fifth. They're in
JPG format and I currently have them zipped into a single file. Anyone
wanting me to send them can email me in _private_ and I'd prefer you
to include [SRTCG PICS] in the subject line to help weed out those
request from my usual deluge of other email. Thanx!
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---FASACorp2@***.com wrote:
>
> LOKI,
> Hey man. This is the 3rd time I've had to write this letter. The 1st
2 times I
> wrote it AOL crashed my computer just as I finished it! Isn't that
EVIL!!!
> Anyway, I thought you and the mailing list guys would like to see
some actual
> color cards from the Underworld set. So. I'd appreciate it if you
made them
> available to anyone that wanted em from the list. I couldn't help
but notice
> the debate about Torgo getting changed on the Mailing list and I
wanted to
> make a few comments. The biggest reason I wanted to change Torgo's
ability
> back to the way it was in playtesting is because I felt that it
should take in
> account the victims Body value. I know I know, as it stands there
aren't that
> many elves that could even deal with the 3 (AP) BUT there will be in
the
> future and that's where my concern is. Eventually there will be more
of the
> non-elf-like Elves (ie; tuff elves! Hehehe) And it really wouldnt be
right for
> them to be trashed just as easily as an elf with a body of 2. That's
all. The
> ability is essentially the same but it just makes more sense now. I
think
> Torgo himself wants to say something here...
>
> "Da' main reason dat' Da' Szuzman here changed my card wuz dat he
did'n feel
> dat it accur...akura...He did'n feel dat it did a good job uv'
portrayin me! I
> Tink dat he's a Panzy-lova! And ta tell ya da truth, If'n he hadn't
put sum
> reeaaal tuff troll brutha's in dis new set uv cards, I woulda'
squished 'em
> like a bug! Tell em bout' sum uv doz cards Skuzzball! OR ELSE!!!"
>
> ...er, um...Ok. Well Theres a new Minotaur/Troll metahuman variant
runner that
> goes by the name of "Longhorn". Longhorn gets a rage token (+1/+0)
everytime
> that he goes on a shadowrun but fails to succeed in taking it. When
the owner
> of longhorn finally gets an objective longhorn relaxes and all his
rage tokens
> go away. Needless to say this guy can get real nasty! The "Ancients"
Gang HQ
> is really really nice! It turns all your elf gangers into ancients
and gives
> any of them that have bikes a +2/+0 (A+1). They also get bikes at
-1¥ off the
> deploy cost. This card combined with "The Initiation" Objective,
which makes
> all surviving runners into Gangers in addition to their normal type,
a player
> can make Quite a nasty little elf deck!
>
> "HEEEEY!!! Enuf' wit' Da Pointy ear talk! Grrrrrr...."
>
> ...Okay! Okay! Just relax Mr. Torgo! It wont happen again, I swear!
(Whew!)
> There's lots and lots of different things in this set. I feel that
there's
> something in there for everyone except deckers (they'll get theirs
later). I'm
> really anxios to see what kind of reactions you guys on the list
have to
> expansion once you got it. I hope you guys like cuz I sure do! See
ya in the
> shadows! Ciao!
>
>
> Mike "Skuzzy" Nielsen
>
>
> P.s.- Ill send those card images one at a time so as to hopefully
avoid any
> probs with u viewing them cuz of AO-hell! LOL!
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-== Loki ==-
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